Beast Taming: My first spirit beast was a frog junior?

An hour later, Xu Xian waited for his companions who were on this mission in the waiting area of ​​the association's lobby.

There were two men and one woman, who looked a bit older than me, but no more than two or three years older.

Guided by the staff, the three quickly walked over to Xu Xian.

Without prior arrangement, the three of them began to look at Xu Xian, and Xu Xian also looked at them.

The two boys looked ordinary. One was about 1.8 meters tall, similar to me, while the other was short, probably only 1.5 meters. The girl was a bit chubby, but she looked very kind.

The key point is that the spirit beasts around the three are Xu Xian's main focus.

The taller boy was the half-meter-tall Fiery Hound that Xu Xian once wanted to contract; the shorter boy was a rock wolf of similar size with a mane made of rock and soil and a gray-yellow body; and the girl was a parrot with a trumpet-shaped flower on its head perched on its shoulder.

It's worth mentioning that the Fire Hound (fire-type), Rock Wolf (earth-type), and Flower Parrot (wood-type) are the three most cost-effective high-grade black iron spirit beasts in the Dragon Kingdom.

From this perspective, the family circumstances of these three people are probably similar to his.

"Hello, I'm Takagi, and these are Wang Qiang and Liu Mei," Takagi, who was about the same height as Xu Xian, introduced them to Xu Xian.

"I am Xu Xian." Xu Xian picked up Wawa, and Wawa looked at the three spirit beasts beside Gao Mu and the others with her big eyes.

Upon seeing that it was Frog Junior, the three of them looked slightly surprised.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Frog Junior's race level is only one grade higher than the three of their spirit beasts; the resources consumed during its training are on a completely different level.

Normally speaking, a novice beast tamer who contracts a top-grade black iron spirit beast is already seen as a rich second-generation in the eyes of ordinary people.

"Are you a high school graduate this year?" the short Wang Qiang suddenly asked.

Xu Xian nodded, "Yes."

"No wonder." Wang Qiang nodded first, then asked in surprise, "I was wondering why I hadn't seen you at school. But why would a rich kid like you need to do this kind of task?"

"Uh..." Xu Xian didn't know how to explain.

Thinking of Lin Libai from earlier, and seeing these three people think they are rich just because they have made a contract with Wawa.

One can only marvel at the diversity of the world.

Seeing that Xu Xian didn't explain, Wang Qiang didn't press the matter further, since they couldn't really control what others wanted to do.

"Let's report the level of our respective spirit beasts first," Takagi said, bringing the conversation back on track. "My Firehound is a mid-level level 5."

Wang Qiang: "Rock Wolf, Intermediate Level 4".

Liu Mei: "Flower parrot, intermediate level two."

Xu Xian also reported Wawa's energy level, "Junior Frog, Intermediate Level 1."

"In that case, I'll take on the role of captain, no problem," Takagi said, her gaze fixed on Xu Xian.

The three of them were originally a group, with Xu Xian being the only outsider.

"No problem." Xu Xian wasn't interested in whether he was the team leader or not.

"Let's go!" Takagi waved his hand, clearly wanting to finish the mission and be done with it.

Two hours later, the four of them got off the bus with their respective spirit beasts.

During this time, Xu Xian also learned that the three of them were second-year students majoring in Beast Taming at Shucheng University.

The three spirit beasts that the three people contracted were for offense, defense, and healing, respectively.

Whenever they do a task that the association is suitable for beast tamers like them, they do it together, regardless of the difficulty level.

However, this mission required four people, which gave Xu Xian, an outsider, an "opportunity."

"Have you seen the mission details, Junior?" Takagi Kazuma said, turning back as he walked ahead.

Xu Xian learned that the three of them were students at Shucheng University, and the three of them also learned on the bus that Xu Xian would be their junior when the semester started.

Xu Xian nodded. "The mission is to enter Songluo Village. Recently, it has been the peak breeding season for the rice-eating locusts. Although these spirit beasts have very low intelligence, their reproductive capacity is comparable to that of cockroach beasts. They like to gnaw on rice leaves, especially rice leaves in paddy fields. When there are too many of them, they will even nibble on ordinary trees that pass by."

The locust, which eats crops, secretes a special barrier toxin that not only corrodes plants but also hinders their natural recovery, causing significant damage to crops.

"Not bad." Takagi said, holding his phone and looking at the navigation as they walked, "Although these spirit beasts have extremely low intelligence, they do possess basic instincts for self-preservation. They only appear at night, so they aren't too dangerous to humans, but being bitten is definitely not pleasant. Our mission this time is to find the nest of the Eating Locusts and wipe out these pests in one fell swoop!"

Xu Xian picked up Wawa, and the four of them and their four beasts initially followed the main road, but soon took a side path into Songluo Village.

The village is small, and only the elderly remain, working in the fields.

Takagi dialed a number.

"Coming right away, please wait a moment," the person on the other end of the phone said.

Soon, a middle-aged or elderly man dressed simply walked over; he was the village chief of Songluo Village.

The village chief was accompanied by a large, black-haired creature that was over a meter tall and looked quite imposing.

It was the Giant Hairy Dog, with bright, piercing eyes. Upon seeing the Fiery Dog Wawa and the other four spirit beasts, it immediately became alert.

"Alright, Ah Cai, they're all guests, here to help us." The village chief patted the giant dog Ah Cai's head.

Xu Xian glanced at the giant hairy dog, but the dog did not lower its guard against Xu Xian and his companions because of the village chief's words.

"Please follow me, all four of you." The village chief led Xu Xian and his companions to the four corners of Songluo Village.

A dark brown, mottled stone tablet stands in the four corners, enclosing most of the planted fields.

The village chief sighed, "There have been locusts that eat crops in previous years, but this year there are especially many and they are particularly fierce. They are all big and they swarm all over the place at night. If it weren't for the Blood Monument, the village's crops would have been completely devoured long ago."

Xu Xian looked at the blood-stained monument in front of him.

The blood monument is only one meter tall and doesn't look particularly remarkable.

Before humans entered the era of beast taming, this thing was always a strategic resource. It contains a large amount of blood from spirit beasts of various levels, which can cause spirit beasts to develop a fear and resistance towards the area where the blood monument is located.

Humanity's rise to prominence was made possible by this thing, which provided early stability and development.

However, with the changing times...

As humanity progresses, both human and non-human spirit beasts have undergone tremendous changes.

Now, this blood monument can only instill fear in some low-level spirit beasts with extremely low intelligence.

In a proper city, the only way to prevent powerful spirit beasts from attacking is through powerful guardians.

"The four of us will each occupy a spot in the east, west, south, and north. We'll eliminate as many locusts as we can. I have some special dyeing spray with me. We'll move together again tomorrow," Takagi said.

Xu Xian naturally had no objections.

He can relax a lot by letting others worry about these things.

Takagi created a group chat for four people. After joining the chat, Xu Xian went to the location of the blood monument in the north. Next to it were terraces, and above them were lush green paddy fields.

Xu Xian put down his backpack. "Waa, time for training."

It's only 3 PM now, still a long way from the locusts that the village chief said would attack at 7:30 PM.